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Many, many Jewish people celebrate the first and second night of Passover -- Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist.  And those that simply get invited to more than one Seder on the first night of Passover may attend more than one Seder.  I don't know where you get your information but assuming someone is Orthodox simply because they went to first and second night Seders is Ree-dic-u-lous.[/quote]

Whatever. I get my info from my  formerly of Brooklyn born, 80 year old MIL. Good enough for you? Reform Jews don't do second night. A full Seder with my Long Island inlaws takes 3 hours minimum. The amount of food consumed would stuff an army. By the 4th question everyone is hammered on wine. You have the stomach capacity to do 2 of these in one night? I call bullshit. [/quote]

AND the tradition calls for you to eat while relaxing  and reflecting. Not rushing off to the next Seder. How does a 38 year old go to 70 Seders. What is she, a Passover caterer? This is sanctimonious BS by some poster who thinks she is more pious than others. Look, Christians focus on Jesus in their Seders BECAUSE HE IS THEIR MESSIAH. They're entitled to do that as Jesus was a Jew. [/quote]

You definitely seem to be for or against SOMETHING.  But at this point I have no idea what.[/quote]

I'm not against  anything. I'm not OP. I'm just calling out the silly person who says that because she has been to 70 seders she is the arbiter of authenticity. And she exaggerating because she could never have attended that many. And why say 70? what a bizarre number to lie about just to make your point. And someone asked where I got my info and I answered that. What don't you understand, or do you imagine that you sound clever saying that, because you don't.[/quote]

Of course it is possible. Many people do two seders, not just one. I am a Conservative Jew -- not Orthodox, we don't even keep kosher -- and we have always done two seders every year. Occasionally more if family couldn't make it in for the traditional first two nights and we held an extra seder whenever the weekend fell in order to accommodate them. Many Reform Jews do the same, or used to when I was growing up. My cousins are Reform and Reconstructionist and they hold two seders.

I am 32 and if you figure I've been to at least two seders every year since I was born, then I've been to 64. So if the "silly person" is 38, she's been to at least 70. Not that the actual numbers matter, particularly, except that I am very sick of matzoh by now! The point is that if you don't know what you are talking about -- and clearly you don't -- then please stop accusing others of lying. The Jews you know may not hold more that one seder, and that is fine, but that doesn't mean that's impossible for others to do so.[/quote]

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